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Cleared

Pocket Count or Safetcount

K972302510(k) TraditionalCleared Jul 25, 199736-day reviewClass I21 CFR 880.2740

Data to Oct 25, 2026 (FDA decisions) Oct 12, 2026 (recalls) Sep 30, 2026 (MAUDE) refreshed weekly, last Nov 3, 2026

Sage Products, Inc. · LWH Counter, Sponge, Surgical

Cleared on Jul 25, 1997 after a 36-day review. The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.

Decided
Jul 25, 1997
Review
36 days
Class
Class I
Product code
LWH
Recalls
None
Predicates
0

The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K972302Source: FDA 510(k) database · How lineage is built

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What was it cleared against? (2)

Devices the submitter claimed this one is substantially equivalent to (*), and reference devices cited for a specific test or feature (†), as written in the FDA summary.

TypeNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
*—Bag-It
Named without a submission number
—
*—Multi-Mitt
Named without a submission number
—

What descends from it?

No later submission names this one as a predicate yet.

Has anything in its family been recalled? (0 Class I)

No FDA recall names this device.

No ancestor or descendant has a Class I recall.

How does its category compare?

All LWH devices

LWH Counter, Sponge, Surgical: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · LWH

2in 2012

2007: 22009: 12010: 12012: 2
2007high 2 (2007) · low 0 (2008)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · LWH

Too few LWH 510(k)s in any year since 2007 to give a median.

Recalls per year · LWH

1in 2013

2013: 12026 (partial year): 1
2007high 1 (2013) · low 0 (2007)2026

Class I (0 since 2007) Class II/III not classified

Adverse event reports per year · LWH

34in 2025

2007: 12008: 12009: 22010: 32011: 142012: 62013: 52014: 162015: 82016: 402017: 1072018: 642019: 662020: 332021: 352022: 412023: 392024: 372025: 34
2007high 107 (2017) · low 1 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code LWH, not matched to any one device; reports are not rates.

View these four charts as a table
YearDecisionsMedian 510(k) review, daysRecalls (Class I)MAUDE reports
20072—01
20080—01
20091—02
20101—03
20110—014
20122—06
20130—15
20140—016
20150—08
20160—040
20170—0107
20180—064
20190—066
20200—033
20210—035
20220—041
20230—039
20240—037
20250—034
20260—1—

What is it indicated for?

Containment and Counting of Sponges in the Operating Room or a hospital setting.

Indications for use read by OCR from a scanned FDA summary, so letters may be misread. Check the PDF before quoting it.

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510(k) Report. “K972302: Pocket Count or Safetcount.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 4, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K972302

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Record history
  • FDA decision record loaded May 2, 2026
  • Summary read Oct 13, 2026 (extraction version 9eaa42aa01ed)
  • Page last updated Nov 3, 2026